• NAME
  
  pdftoppm - Portable Document Format (PDF) to Portable Pixmap (PPM) converter (version 3.00)
• SYNOPSIS
  
  pdftoppm [options] PDF-file PPM-root
• DESCRIPTION
  
  Pdftoppm converts Portable Document Format (PDF) files to color image files in Portable Pixmap (PPM) format, grayscale image files in Portable Graymap (PGM) format, or monochrome image files in Portable Bitmap (PBM) format.
  
  Pdftoppm reads the PDF file, PDF-file , and writes one PPM file for each page, PPM-root - nnnnnn .ppm, where nnnnnn is the page number.
• OPTIONS
  

  -f number

  Specifies the first page to convert.

  -l number

  Specifies the last page to convert.

  -r number

  Specifies the resolution, in DPI.  The default is 150 DPI.

  -scale-to number

  Scales each page to fit in scale-to*scale-to box

  -x number

  Specifies the x-coordinate of the crop area top left corner

  -y number

  Specifies the y-coordinate of the crop area top left corner

  -W number

  Specifies the width of crop area in pixels (default is 0)

  -H number

  Specifies the height of crop area in pixels (default is 0)

  -sz number

  Specifies the size of crop square in pixels (sets W and H)

  -mono

  Generate a monochrome PBM file (instead of a color PPM file).

  -gray

  Generate a grayscale PGM file (instead of a color PPM file).

  -freetype yes | no

  Enable or disable FreeType (a TrueType / Type 1 font rasterizer). This defaults to "yes".

  -aa yes | no

  Enable or disable font anti-aliasing.  This defaults to "yes".

  -aaVector yes | no

  Enable or disable vector anti-aliasing.  This defaults to "yes".

  -opw password

  Specify the owner password for the PDF file.  Providing this will bypass all security restrictions.

  -upw password

  Specify the user password for the PDF file.

  -q

  Don't print any messages or errors.

  -v

  Print copyright and version information.

  -h

  Print usage information. and --help are equivalent.)

• EXIT CODES
  
  The Xpdf tools use the following exit codes:

  0

  No error.

  1

  Error opening a PDF file.

  2

  Error opening an output file.

  3

  Error related to PDF permissions.

  99

  Other error.

• AUTHOR
  
  The pdftoppm software and documentation are copyright 1996-2004 Glyph & Cog, LLC.
• SEE ALSO
  
  pdftops(1) , pdftotext(1) , pdfinfo(1) , pdffonts(1) , pdfimages(1) ,

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